🚀 Upgrading

This section outlines the upgrade process required to install V4 from Chevereto V3.20 (previous major release).

💡 Review Chevereto V4 vs V3 comparison tables for a better understanding of changes in V4.

Requirements

• Existing installation running Chevereto V3.20 latest-release
• Backup for the existing previous installation (told you)

Test install

It is recommended to check that a new V4 installation can install and run in the target machine. This is a good way for detecting conflicting server requirements as you don't want to handle server issues in the middle of a migration.

👏 Don't worry about license-domain restrictions as this is just a test install.

• Create a new website
• Install Chevereto V4

If everything goes well you can delete this test installation, or use it as your new V4 application by:

• Wiring the database by configuring (opens new window) the database variables (opens new window)
• Mounting the storage for images (opens new window) and assets

Upgrade to V4

Upgrade to V4 is performed by providing the software files on top of the existing Chevereto V3 installation. It is the same process for updating within revisions.

• Provide the Chevereto V4 application files on top of V3 installation
• Go to /install, provide the database connection information
• Follow the on-screen process